Power Slam 2011 Top 50 Wrestlers
by chaggo on Dec 26, 2011 11:34 AM EST
Email
Print
The British wrestling magazine Power Slam released its list of the top 50 wrestlers in 2011 recently and I don't know how credible this magazine is but some placements made sense to me, like Tanahashi, while others didn't, like Randy Orton.
And if you thought this was the year of CM Punk, well according to this list, you would be wrong.
The PS 50 is a list based on who the magazine believes had the most successful year based on two things: workrate and performance.
The complete list is after the almighty jump.
1. Hiroshi Tanahashi
2. Randy Orton
3. Davey Richards
4. Prince Devitt
5. Shingo Takagi
6. Christian
7. Kurt Angle
8. C.M. Punk
9. Kota Ibush
10. Takashi Sugiura
11. KENTA
12. Go Shiozaki
13. Pac
14. Akira Tozawa
15. Hirooki Goto
16. Eddie Edwards
17. BxB Hulk
18. Tetsuya Naito
19. AJ Styles
20. Shinsuke Nakamura
21. Masaaki Mochizuki
22. Bobby Roode
23. Rey Mysterio
24. Kenny Omega
25. Sheamus
26. Antonio Cesaro
27. CIMA
28. Katsuhiko Nakajima
29. Masato Yoshino
30. Chris Hero
31. Dragon Kid
32. Jay Briscoe
33. Ricochet
34. Mark Briscoe
35. Kevin Steen
36. Yuji Nagata
37. James Storm
38. Dolph Ziggler
39. Daniel Bryan
40. El Generico
41. Alberto Del Rio
42. Ryusuke Taguchi
43. Austin Aries
44. Jeff Jarrett
45. Kofi Kingston
46. Bully Ray
47. Christopher Daniels
48. The Miz
49. John Morrison
50. Kenny King
The FanPosts are solely the subjective opinions of Cageside Seats readers and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cageside Seats editors or staff.
16 comments
|
0 recs |
Do you like this story?
Comments
What the hell
are the miz and bully ray even doing on this list….
#SO_ND CL_SH
Bully Ray...
…has become a pretty solid heel, cuts great promos and is a fairly solid worker. He deserves to be on the list.
Miz…not so much. Same goes for Kofi, Jeff Jarrett & Sheamus.
i dont know about bully ray cuz i dont watch tna
and about the miz, well, at least hes not on the first 30, i dont think he deserves it…but i can believe the miz is the 48th spot if i have to lol
orton on the second place tho….that is pure madness, i would love to know what was the criteria this guys used to put him so high on the list, also i think punk deserved to be in the top 5 at least
and yeah some names in the first 20 are just insane, christian? really? after the sickening feud he had with orton? rey mysterio? i love rey but 2011 wasn’t even an average year for the guy, and John Morrison !! Mr. i job all the time cuz i love melina’s pussy, give me a break…
also, they didn’t include any luchador, guys like L.A park and El Mesias had great matches this year and they just gave a shit about that, i know lucha is not a mainstream, thing but cmon, you’re gonna put the puro guys in the list but not the lucha guys? cmoooon !!
The list has a definite slant
No pun intended. Well, kinda…
Yeah, there’s a problem when the only 2 Hispanic names on the list compete in WWE/RoH. Oh yeah, and Rey who spends most of his life in rehab.
I’ve not watched much from the Japanese feds (like none), but I get the impression they’re more “serious”, fighting more stiff, when compared to the high-flying lucha style. I can watch a wrestling match and just see it as wrestling; when I watch lucha, I’m very aware it’s a performance. Maybe that has something to do with it, whether it’s right or not.
Gillberg...Gillberg...Gillberg...
I'm going to leave this comment up
but in the future, please avoid jokes like the “slant” one. Thanks.
Forget it Donny, you're out of your element.
mysterio had nothing to do in that list
del rio achieved what is probably (and sadly) gonna be the peak of his wwe career, so he really deserves a place in any top for 2011
also puroresu and lucha have more in common than most people think, in fact, njpw uses cmll in mexico as developmental for some of their guys
puroresu is like an indy/lucha fusion to me, only thing that sucks is you cant understand anything thats happening most of the time unless its a pretty obvious thing, most times i watch puro i dont even know whos the heel and whos the face lol
What kind of list is this? Kayfabe accomplishments? Wrestling acumen? What is it? Because debating it would be silly without knowing the criteria.
The Wrestling Blog - because screw you, that's why
Cageside Seats - Proof that I too write for an SB Nation property
by Thomas Holzerman on Dec 26, 2011 11:57 AM EST reply actions
Added it in.
Forget it Donny, you're out of your element.
by Geno Mrosko on Dec 26, 2011 12:16 PM EST up reply actions
The first 20 guys on this list=GOLD
NOVA UNIAO
Tomas Taverin Def. Jander Yenn via TKO(Punches) at 0:54 of RD 1!
by CharactersAnalysis on Dec 26, 2011 12:36 PM EST reply actions
The good:
Bobby Roode (22)
James Storm (37-should be higher)
Dolph Ziggler (38)
Austin Aries (43)
Bully Ray (46—solid heel)
The bad:
Randy Orton (2—just insane)
Christian Cage (Maybe 40’s, but not 6)
Kurt Angle (7)
Rey Mysterio (23—has been injured for so long anyways)
Kofi Kingston (45—what has he done to deserve this?)
And I actually have no problem with Miz being 48. He might not be great, but he works hard and headlined Wrestlemania. Also, although it might be “cool” to leave Cena out of these lists, the guy has still been the main event on most major WWE PPvs. Someone obviously likes him or else he wouldn’t be there. This is just like leaving Hogan out of the Top 50 on lists during the 90’s.
yeah i agree on cena
whether we like the guy or not, theres no denying hes been there doing his job and more important he’s been puting guys like punk and ryder over
I’d love to know what it would take for Angle to not be in their top ten.
by ThisOneGoesToEleven on Dec 26, 2011 12:56 PM EST reply actions
Comments For This Post Are Closed
Secondary Sidebar
User Tools
Related FanPosts on Cageside Seats
Related FanShots on Cageside Seats
FanPosts
Community blog posts and discussion.
